Toole Design is hiring: Project Planner or Senior Planner in Madison

Toole Design Group in Madison, WI is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Project Planner or Senior Planner. Do you have a strong background in transportation planning with multimodal experience? Are you passionate about sustainable safety, active transportation, and Complete Streets? Do you want to help communities create places and systems that benefit people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Madison team.

This Project Planner or Senior Planner position earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA), and all staff start with at least 24 days PTO. We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, landscape architecture, and engineering firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Project Planner or Senior Planner

As a Project Planner or Senior Planner, you manage tasks, projects, and community engagement, work directly with our clients, represent Toole Design in project and stakeholder meetings, pursue and win work, and reinforce our reputation as trusted experts. You work with other planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers to deliver a variety of exciting project types focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone. You are at the table with clients and colleagues from a variety of disciplines, integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans that lead directly to implementation.

We help clients find people-first solutions that prioritize active transportation at all different scales: national, state, regional, local, corridor, and intersections and crossings. Our work includes community network plans, safety analyses and Vision Zero action plans, Safe Routes to School plans and program management, design guidelines, conceptual design, and wayfinding. Underpinning our work is our unwavering commitment to human-centric streets and places that exemplify equity, ethics, and empathy.

For Project Planner candidates, who typically have 6-9 years of experience, we are targeting a salary range of $75,000-$90,000. For Senior Planner candidates, with 10+ years' experience, we are targeting a salary range of $86,000-$102,000.

Qualifications of a Project Planner or Senior Planner:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in a related field or additional work experience in lieu of secondary education
• At least 6 years of active transportation, planning, urban design, or other related experience
• Strong writing skills and experience working as a support and/or primary author for planning or technical documents
• Relevant work experience in one or more of the following areas: active transportation planning, multimodal corridor studies, streetscape design, and/or conducting public outreach and engagement
• Knowledge of safety planning, Vision Zero, the Safe System Approach, proven safety countermeasures, crash modification factors, high-injury networks, safety performance functions, and the Highway Safety Manual is a plus
• Successful track record working independently on completing and/or managing tasks
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Motivation to win work for a growing office including forming and managing client relationships, identifying potential opportunities, and developing proposals and interview materials
• Software proficiency
  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • GIS software (ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS)
• Certification as an AICP is a plus
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) is a plus
• Communication skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Spanish language abilities are a plus

You'll be great here if:

• You are excited about projects that transform communities into healthier and more vibrant places to live, work, and play
• You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and offices to do great work for clients
• You deliver high-quality work on time and on budget
• You take initiative, and deliver high-quality work on time and on-budget
• You are detail-oriented and have strong organizational skills
• You know how to get the message across, whether it's written, verbal, or graphic
• You're motivated to work with multi-disciplinary teams to solve new challenges
• You thrive on engaging our clients and their communities in the public engagement process
• You enjoy staying on the cutting edge in a rapidly changing field, including current research, pushing to find new and better ways to think about and incorporate equity in decision-making, and staying abreast of emerging technologies in areas such as online mapping, mobile data collection, and project management

Work Schedule for a Project Planner or Senior Planner

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2 days per week. The Madison office of Toole Design is conveniently located just off the Capitol Square, one block from State Street's bike friendly transit corridor and easily accessible by the Metro Transit bus system. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Ready to Join our Madison Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Project Planner or Senior Planner position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

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